• SPAN 2020

    Advanced Intermediate Spanish
     Rating

    3.90

     Difficulty

    2.73

     GPA

    3.51

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Further develops listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through engagement with authentic, culturally rich oral and written texts in Spanish. Enables students to perform linguistic tasks that allow them to communicate in everyday situations with some complications (e.g., describing present, past and future activities, expressing opinions, and persuading), and to express personal meaning by creating with the language. Three class hours. Prerequisite: Passing grade in SPAN 2010; PLACE diagnostic score of 4.25-5.0; UVA placement diagnostic score of 410-535 (prior to May 2022); SAT II score of 600-640; IB Spanish B HL exam score of 5 or 6; or permission of the department.

  • SPAN 3010

    Finding your Voice in Spanish
     Rating

    3.93

     Difficulty

    2.95

     GPA

    3.50

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    This course seeks to develop advanced literacy in Spanish through extensive reading, writing, analysis, and discussion of authentic literary texts and videos. Emphasis is placed on how grammatical forms codify meaning and how grammar and meaning interact to construct the language and textual structure expected in the following academic genres: the critical review, the persuasive essay, and the research paper.

  • ITAL 2020

    Intermediate Italian II
     Rating

    4.00

     Difficulty

    4.00

     GPA

    3.57

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Continuation of ITAL 2010.

  • SPAN 3410

    Perspectives on Modern Spain (1800 to the Present)
     Rating

    4.00

     Difficulty

    2.55

     GPA

    3.65

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    This course focuses on the emergence and consolidation of modernity in Spain from the eighteenth century to the present. Readings and discussions of representative literary and artistic movements of modern Spain, including the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, the Avant Garde, Modernism, and Postmodernism in terms of their historical, intellectual, artistic and cultural contexts. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 and 3300, or departmental placement. Spanish 4th year majors are excluded from taking this course

  • SPAN 3050

    Spanish for Medical Professionals
     Rating

    4.06

     Difficulty

    2.67

     GPA

    3.76

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    This course is designed for students planning to work in the health care field and who want to develop fundamental written and oral skills and vocabulary for the assessment of Spanish speaking patients in a variety of settings. Students will gain familiarity with non-technical and semi-technical functional vocabulary, along with idiomatic expressions and situational phrases that are used in medical Spanish.

  • SPAN 2010

    Intermediate Spanish
     Rating

    4.06

     Difficulty

    2.62

     GPA

    3.53

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Further develops listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through engagement with authentic, culturally rich oral and written texts in Spanish. Enables students to perform linguistic tasks that allow them to communicate in everyday situations (e.g., narrating present and past activities and expressing desires and requests), and to express personal meaning by creating with the language. Three class hours. Followed by SPAN 2020. Passing grade in SPAN 1020 or 1060; PLACE diagnostic score of 3.25-4.0; UVA placement diagnostic score of 326-409 (prior to May 2022); SAT II score of 520-590; or permission of the department.

  • SPAN 3030

    Cultural Conversations: Exploring Cinema, Art & Literature
     Rating

    4.11

     Difficulty

    2.33

     GPA

    3.67

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    An interactive course designed to help students build fluency in spoken Spanish. Created for Spanish majors and minors, the course encourages students to strengthen communication skills through discussions, creative projects, and real-world engagement. Students will explore the cultures of Spain, Latin America, and the Caribbean by analyzing film, visual and plastic arts, performance, graphic novels, and visual poetry.

  • SPAN 3300

    Texts and Interpretation
     Rating

    4.11

     Difficulty

    2.91

     GPA

    3.70

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    In this course we will be covering a variety of basic approaches to literary texts that enable us to analyze & understand them better. The course will be organized on the basis of literary genre (narrative, theater, poetry, etc.), with a portion of the semester dedicated to each. Short texts in Spanish for readings will be drawn from both Spanish & Latin Am literature, and from a range of time periods. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 or dept. placement.

  • SPAN 4040

    Translation from Spanish to English
     Rating

    4.38

     Difficulty

    2.67

     GPA

    3.68

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    "Lost & Found in Translation" offers an introduction to the "art" of translation, both in practice and theory. Throughout the semester students participate in a series of workshops, collaborating on translations of texts of different genres, from multiple time periods and countries through in-depth readings and discussions, translation activities from Spanish to English and vice versa. This is a dynamic, interactive, inter-disciplinary course. Prerequisites: SPAN 3300, and highly recommended one survey of literature and culture (SPAN 3400-3430).

  • SPAN 1060

    Accelerated Elementary Spanish
     Rating

    4.38

     Difficulty

    2.88

     GPA

    3.33

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Develops listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through engagement with oral and written texts in Spanish and various interactive projects. Five class hours. Covers the material in SPAN 1010-1020 in an accelerated one semester format. Followed by SPAN 2010. Prerequisite: Previous background in Spanish (1-2 years of high school Spanish) and PLACE diagnostic score of 1.0-3.0, UVA placement diagnostic score of 0-325 (prior to May 2022), or SAT II score of 420-510.